Honda Plant Tour

Just returned from a 1000 mile ride out to Marysville Ohio and back to Washington DC. We went to the open house where Honda produces the GoldWing and the VTX1300s.

We started out Thursday morning in Manassas VA and worked our way to Strasburg where we joined US 33. The road offered plenty of switchbacks and curves through the mountains as we worked our way west through West Virginia. We left 33 and turned onto WV47 to head for Parkersburg. You never know what you might see, there was a person with a large boa constrictor around his neck in a little crossroads of WVa. and we parked next to a bike set up just like mine at a fuel stop with a pizza shop. We traveled about 400 miles the first day and ended up in Logan Ohio and enjoyed a meal at Jacks “world famous” steak house. The food was good, the prices excellent, and the waitress sassy.

This is the final year for Honda motorcycle production in the US as they are consolidating that operation with another plant in Japan. The tour guide did state that no one was losing their job as they will be doing something to support the auto plant nearby.

For the return trip we joined US 50 near Athens and headed eastward on Saturday. The mountain scenery was nice and the weather cooperative until we reached Winchester VA. It opened up and poured on us. We were able to get in under a gas station canopy and put our rain gear on and rode the next 30 miles in the rain. Finishing up the 500 mile day, I split off and headed for my house for a good cigar and some tylenol.

I have posted some pictures along the route at choppernutz.com. There were no pictures allowed inside the plant.

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